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RAC on the First Truly Free Markets for Music and Culture
Grammy-winning recording artist RAC explores the business of music and how crypto experiments could shift the balance of power.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 1:48 p.m. Published Oct 16, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
Grammy-winning recording artist RAC explores the business of music and how crypto experiments could shift the balance of power.
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Today’s Breakdown is a conversation with Andre Anjos – aka RAC, a Grammy Award-winning recording artist and music entrepreneur.
He and NLW discuss:
- Starting the “Remix Artist Collective” as a business
- Evolving from remixing to performing artist
- The challenges and trade-offs of working with major labels
- How the music industry beat back technology innovation where other industries failed
- How NFTs, tokens and other crypto innovations are opening up truly free markets for music and culture
Find our guest online:
Twitter: @RAC
Web: rac.fm
See also: RAC on Defi and Yield Farming: 'These Days It Feels Like a Full-time Job'
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